Hopkins MW ATG

He has to be up there with Hagler and Monzon.His style is not really what I like to watch but he is very good at what he does and he beat some very good fighters whilst dominating the division for a long time.He is in the top 5 all time imo

 

Top 3

 

top 5

 

the taylor fights should have been draws

 

Yup.

Bhop is top 3 if not the GOAT of the MWs.

 

Hopkins style and athleticism is such that even at the age of 50, he will still be top 10 in his division.:good

 

Top 5 without a doubt. Can be argued better than that.

 

Do you have any idea how bad Hopkins was struggling to make weight at that time?

 

He has done enough to be placed with yesterdays legends like Hagler

 

:dead:dead What a completely sickening thread, you have started.
Hopkins MW reign is completed by fighting smaller fighters who were world champs in smaller divisions atsch.
1. He won the vacant IBF title, for beating the world beating Mercado
2. He won the WBC title from K Holmes, which was a fair win, but lets remember that Holmes had been beaten before and by Cherifi
3. He won the WBA title from Trinidad who was a former WW and had only had one MW fight previous and never did much at the weight after. Also there was a hand wrapping contraversy.
4. He won the WBO title from De La Hoya who had also only had one fight at MW (a highly disputed win) and who never fought as high in weight again.

Hopkins did have a good career run at MW but lets not forget the rest, that he only drew with Mercado first time round, lost to Jones and lost twice to J Taylor which really looks bad now. Hopkins resume has too many smaller fighters and names like Hakkar on it.

All the same he has made his place in history, but I think alot of the hype around Hopkins is because America loves a reformist, and Hopkins being a reformed criminal who became MW champ, fits the bill perfectly

 

Obviously peoples opinions will vary along with historians but imo,

Nobody touches Greb at #1
Hagler gets #2
Robinson #3
Monzon #4
Hopkins #5

Honourable mention to Burley who never got his just due because nobody including Robinson would fight him

 

He's defiently in the top 50.

 

I disagee placing Greb at #1, but I ain't mad at cha regarding the other listings. :good

 

Knew it wouldn't belong before you showed up spitting bile and venom.